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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3059]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of J. J. McAlester paper notes. Typing: "Due bills issued by J. J. McAlester a merchant in, and for which, the town of McAlester is named.")"
Date: October 12, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3057]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a coin with writing around. Writing: "L. S. Ingram Campbell in trade Campbell, J. J. (Cherokee, Nation) in the 1880's the town of Campbell came into being. L. S. Ingram operated a business here. In June 1904 the town changed its name to Gore and at that time it listed a population of 100.")"
Date: October 12, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3056]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a coin with writing around. Writing: "J. A. Garland Coalgate, J. J. God for 50((cents)) in mdse. Coalgate, J. j. (Choctaw Nation) The town was named for the coal mines near which the first post office was established in 1890. Mr. Garland had a general store in territorial days and did a big business in this mining town.")"
Date: October 12, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3051]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Some new $1 bills were causing trouble Tuesday for Oklahoma City merchants, bankers, and the Secret Service. The trouble is, they look like funny money - but they're geniune currency. More than 50 million of the new $1 federal reserve notes were put into circulation throughout the country Novemebr 25. jack Nielsen, agent in charge of the city Secret Service office, said he had recieved several calls from persons who thou… more
Date: December 3, 1963
Creator: Brown, Don
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3055]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a coin with writing around. Writing: "J J. McAlester Dealer in General Merchandise McAlester, J. J. Good for $5.00 in mdse McAlester, J. J. (Choctaw Nation) The town of McAlester got its name from James J. McAlester, this pioneer merchant. he was the first postmaster here in 1885.")"
Date: October 12, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3053]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a two dollar bill issued in 1862. frontside typing: "Due bills issued by M. Mayers & Bro., one of six firms in ot bodering Indian territory who banded together for murtual assistance. Through their cooperation in redeeming one another's scrip, this 'Hanseatic League' of the frontier did much to enable business to carry on amidst the economic chaos thatexisted in the Indian Nations during the Civil Wa… more
Date: October 12, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3058]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a paper currency. Writing: "Warrant issued by the Cherokee Nation. These warrants actually were bearer notes and required no endorsement, hence rirculated for some time.")"
Date: October 12, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3052]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma Money on display at the 16th annual Oklahoma-Kansas Numismayic Association convention running through Sunday at the Sheraton-Oklahoma Hotel includes these due bills, bearing the likenesses of the issuer's wife (on $2 note) and daughter (on 50-cent note). Issued by C. H. Tully at Eufaula, indian Territory, the bills are part of displays including specimens of exchange mediums issued by the Five Civilized Tribes, In… more
Date: October 12, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0403.0094]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Monty C. Keely, left, and Art Hill of Heritage House Realtors hold a money tree containing $50 which will be given to the winner of a drawing to be held as part of their promotion at the fair."
Date: September 9, 1980
Creator: Longstreath, David
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0403.0059]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "These counterfeit $20 bills were one type confiscated by the Secret Service when paper sacks full of the illicit bills were discovered near SW 74 and Western."
Date: December 29, 1965
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0403.0089]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The medium speed machine is one of four methods for sorting currency. Hand operated, the machine can process between 90,000 and 125,000 pieces per day."
Date: April 13, 1982
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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